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System Properties Comparison eXtremeDB vs. NebulaGraph vs. NSDb vs. Sphinx

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NameeXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Graph DBMSTime Series DBMSSearch engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.74
Rank#223  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score5.98
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitewww.mcobject.comgithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
nsdb.iosphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmdocs.nebula-graph.ionsdb.io/­Architecturesphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperMcObjectVesoft Inc.Sphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release2001201920172001
Current release8.2, 20213.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC and C++C++Java, ScalaC++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesStrong typed schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringno
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.no infosupport of XML interfaces availablenono
Secondary indexesyesyes infoNebula Graph internally uses the Key-Value store RocksDB for persistency. The vertices, edges, and their properties are stored as Key while their values are stored as Value. The primary indexes are per Key and secondary indexes are per Value.all fields are automatically indexedyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLSQL-like query languageSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Browser interface
console (shell)
Cypher Query Language
GO Object Graph Mapper
Java Object Graph Mapper
NGBatis infoORM framework for NebulaGraph and Spring-Boot
Proprietary native API
Python Object Graph Mapper
Query language nGQL
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Java
Scala
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyes infoby defining eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning / shardingShardingShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
Causal Clustering using Raft protocolnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoRelationships in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing RocksDBUsing Apache Luceneyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlno
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eXtremeDBNebulaGraphNSDbSphinx
Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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NebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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NebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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Social networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Companies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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At our very early stage, NebulaGraph has already received over 10,000 stars on GitHub...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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NebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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